Questionable
Teachings of Islam: One Billion People Deceived
At the
age of forty, Muhammad claimed to have received a revelation
that would later distinguish him as being the founder of the third
Abrahamic religion. (Some Arabian tribes trace their heritage to the
Jewish prophet, Abraham, who fathered Ishmael through Hagar, the handmaiden
of Abraham's wife, Sarah. Ref: Genesis, Chapter 16)
Muhammad's
wife Khadijah became the first convert to Islam and shortly afterward,
friends and relatives began to embrace the new religion, thus, comprising
a small following that would soon fall under criticism and persecution
by other tribes including members of the Quraysh. Eventually,
Muhammad's
small group of followers were forced to flee from Mecca to Medina
in the year 622 due to the persecution. This flight (migration) is
known as the Hijrah and came to be established as the beginning year
of the Islamic calendar.
(The account of Muhammad's revelation
is in the next topical section)
While all religions
are based upon someone's interpretation and belief in a deity
or deities, Muhammad's message of Islam has become
a very prominent base of faith for the 1.2 Billion Muslims in the
world today. The question is, what if Muhammad's teachings were in
fact adulterated by the proceeding translators and writers of the
Qur'an, much like what Muhammad claimed was the case in the earlier
Jewish and Christian religions? Muhammad, however, could neither read
nor write, thus, the Qur'an was not compiled as a written book
until several years after his death in 632 C.E.